Bernard Bruno finishes lunch with a hunk of cheese in the shepherd's cabin on the Plateau de Longon, in the Moyenne Tinée region of the Mercantour National Park, French Alps, France, 01 August 2013. At the beginning of the 3 month summer season he spends here, a helicopter carries in provisions like gas bottles, dried foodstuffs and salt licks for the sheep. From then on, he returns to the valley with his donkey to bring up food supplies, or his friends and family bring him up...more »

Bernard Bruno finishes lunch with a hunk of cheese in the shepherd's cabin on the Plateau de Longon, in the Moyenne Tinée region of the Mercantour National Park, French Alps, France, 01 August 2013. At the beginning of the 3 month summer season he spends here, a helicopter carries in provisions like gas bottles, dried foodstuffs and salt licks for the sheep. From then on, he returns to the valley with his donkey to bring up food supplies, or his friends and family bring him up provisions when they walk up to see him from time to time. The cabin is an hours walk from the closest accessible point by vehicle.« less